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Because I can’t weigh it cooked as it’s covered in sauces/mixed in with other ingredients so it would be both completely inaccurate and very difficult to do. I assume the caloric value doesn’t change, so if I inputted the correct raw weight and calories then it still holds true for whatever weight the cooked chicken ends…

Thank you so much everyone who has responded with advice and kind words of encouragement. I’m definitely not looking to push myself to my limits, I know this is going to have to be a lifelong battle and I’ll already have lost if I’m constantly hungry and miserable. Maybe it’ll take me several years to lose it slowly, but…

That’s a good suggestion! I have a Fitbit which is use for calorie burn amounts. I usually estimate for 1/2 to 2/3 what it tells me, as I know wearables can overestimate burn amounts.

Thank you, that’s super helpful and it was nice of you to wish me luck.

In answer to both of you, I don’t seem to get hungrier after a small amount of exercise (like 200-300 calories worth), so it seems like that might work for me. Those are the maintenance calories for my goal weight, which I found by plugging my goal stats into MFP and setting it to maintain. My actual maintenance level at…

At 1600 calories, how much weight should you be losing per week according to mfp? If it's more than a pound, maybe ease up on your restrictions to only 1lb a week or 0.5lbs a week, if that calorie allowance is more sustainable.

No steps syncing for me either. It's syncing the other direction, so my food is showing up in my fitbit app, but my exercise/steps aren't coming through to MFP. It's super frustrating as I need that to know what I should be eating for the day.

I would like to stock up on a couple of weeks of food/toiletries just in case. Not out of panic, but there have been three confirmed cases in my city (UK), and I am vulnerable to chest related things. But it’s not an option because my budget doesn’t allow it. I get just enough money week to week to feed myself,…

I am very large with huge boobs, so it was such a pain to find a sports bra that actually helped support during exercise. I ended up with an Enell sports bra, and I love it so much that I wear it every day, not just for sports. It's so comfortable, I didn't even know bras COULD be comfortable. The two big downsides are the…

I have a bunch of cookbooks, but I have a particular fondness for the Hairy Dieters series of cookbooks. They were (and still are) the Hairy Bikers who transitioned into healthy eating, lost a load of weight between them, and their recipes are great with weights and calories included. I also enjoy Pinch of Nom, everyday…

I used to get colds at the drop of a hat, and it would be guaranteed that every time I started going to the gym I’d have one within 2 weeks and end up sick for about a month. Rinse and repeat. I started taking a vitamin c tablet each morning, and being extra religious about antibacterial handwash after using gym equipment…

I stressed about going over sugar at first too. But unless you have a health condition, I don't think it's too important to track it. In fact, I altered my diary to literally just track calories, nothing else. I don't care about anything except CICO, at least at the moment, so I removed the others to keep from being…

I have it with a small portion of pasta, homemade tomato sauce, and spinach. It's delish!

Well done on the amount of weight you've managed to lose so far, that's incredible! I also totally agree. Every other time I've tried to lose weight, I've shot for the max of 2lbs a week and been miserable, and eventually given in to old habits out of hunger. This time I've upped my intake by about 200ish calories a day to…

I have 150lbs to lose, feel free to add me!

Oh man, that's sort of a relief, I thought it was just me!

I let myself have one day every week eating at a maintenance level of calories (so I get 2500 calories to play with rather than 1500), which lets me have some of the stuff that I'd usually binge on (maybe a small pizza, or a McDonalds) as long as I don't go mad. It helps to keep it in the plan, because then when I go I…

I will do!

Lovely to meet you, and good to meet someone else trying to lose from a similar weight! We can do this! Thank you! I think it's too late to change my starting weight on MFP now, but it doesn't matter. Oh wow, glad to have you along as a friend! It's impressive that you've already lost that much weight once, so I have every…